I spend a lot of time writing about healthcare. I also spend a lot of time writing about marketing (and to be honest, writing about writing).
It's not often I get to do them both together; but this extraordinary story caught my eye.
It is the story of an Essex GP surgery which will potentially sanction patients for taking their grievances to social media.
Copyright precludes me from sharing the picture with you, but the text reads:
"If you have any comments or complaints about the surgery, please write to the Practice Manager. Do not use social media sites - Facebook Twitter. Any comments we see on social media sites may be seen as a breach of our zero tolerance policy. We are happy to deal with your comments/complaints in the usual way."
Let's start with the inability to commu